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By my calculations, there needs to be at least 10 to accommodate the incoming commits if they all sign. Based on the current activities, sure feels like Fleck is looking to add several more to count towards this class, so the number will have to be higher than 10. Assume they have until the end of the school year to make the needed room.

I counted 70 current scholarship players on the roster for next season. That's including a handful of players you could see moving on.

At 70, they would be 7 over the limit with 22 current commits.

I have no idea whether this is accurate: https://247sports.com/college/minnes...pDistribution/, but it shows 82 players on scholarship, with 10 seniors set to depart. If accurate, that would be 72, and would require at least 12 additional departures to facilitate a full class of 25. We already know of a few (Beebe, Dovich) and can guess at many of the rest.

It is possible that of the 10-12 (whatever the number needs to be), some could simply have their scholarships pulled if they decide they want to remain on the team and in school. There are protections now guaranteeing scholarships ... but those were only recently enacted, and the protections don’t apply if a scholarship wasn’t granted during the freshman year.

I have no idea whether this is accurate: https://247sports.com/college/minnes...pDistribution/, but it shows 82 players on scholarship, with 10 seniors set to depart. If accurate, that would be 72, and would require at least 12 additional departures to facilitate a full class of 25. We already know of a few (Beebe, Dovich) and can guess at many of the rest.

Do they still have rule that 3 January enrollees can go toward last year's class?

Do they still have rule that 3 January enrollees can go toward last year's class?

No, or at least, it's not as easy as it used to be.

My basic understanding (and I could be wrong) - you can have 25 initial counters (basically, first-time scholarship recipients) each calendar year. You can apply mid-year (spring) counters to the previous year or the current year, provided you had less than 25 in the previous year.

We signed 25 last year, so we do not have space to apply scholarships back.

Note this does not include walk-ons who have been on campus for at least two years, who are subject to their own rules.